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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5548
This bill gives family violence victims greater support from the courts, law enforcement agencies, and court-based victim service providers by:
1. extending, from six months to one year, the maximum period that a civil restraining order can remain in effect;
2. making stalking or patterns of threatening between family or household members forms of family violence;
3. at the victim's request, requiring court clerks to notify various school and law enforcement officials about the existence and terms of protective orders;
4. identifying police departments victims can contact when they believe that a telephone call or electronic communication they received constitutes a criminal violation of a restraining, protective, or standing criminal restraining order;
5. making a parallel change to the statute that designates the judicial district where such crimes can be prosecuted;
6. modifying the Judicial Branch's Court Support Services Division's (CSSD) uniform, weighted, release criteria by adding that conditions sufficient to reasonably ensure that a pretrial release will not endanger the safety of others is taken into account;
7. with exceptions, excluding from CSSD's pretrial family violence education program those charged with a family violence crime that inflicted serious bodily injury on victims unless good cause is shown;
8. adding to the list of crimes which, if committed against a family or household member, would require courts to make notations in a defendant's criminal history file that the crime involved family violence;
9. adding to conduct that constitutes 1st degree threatening and stalking;
10. requiring probation officers who notify police officers when they suspect a probationer has violated his or her terms of probation to also notify (a) the crime victim if he or she has given contact information and (b) the Office of Victim Services;
11. permitting the Judicial Branch, pursuant to written agreement, to disclose nonconviction information to family violence victim advocates to use in developing safety plans for such victims and their minor children;
12. specifying that prosecutors notify crime victims who ask when a defendant's criminal charges are dismissed or nolled;
13. allowing the Office of Victim Services to award medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social and rehabilitative services as restitution to children who witness domestic violence, including those not related to the victim;
14. establishing a state-wide model family law enforcement policy;
15. requiring law enforcement agencies to, at a minimum, meet model policy standards and submit annual compliance reports; and
16. establishing the Family Violence Model Policy Governing Council, charged with evaluating various methods police departments use to respond to family violence incidents.
The bill also requires the Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications to study the cost, feasibility, and public safety considerations associated with redesigning the state-wide emergency 9-1-1 system to allow individuals and responders to communicate by text message or using other forms of mobile device. It must submit a report of its findings to the Public Safety Committee by January 15, 2013.
The bill also makes minor and conforming changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012, except the provisions regarding the family violence governing council and emergency 9-1-1 study are effective upon passage.
Family Violence
By law, "family violence" means an incident resulting in physical harm, bodily injury, or assault, or an act of threatened violence that constitutes fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members. The bill specifies that stalking or a pattern of threatening between such members are non-exclusive forms of family violence.
The bill potentially extends the definition of a "family or household member" for purposes of family violence by eliminating the age restriction on people (1) related by blood or marriage and (2) living together or who used to live together. The current law limits the former to people age 18 or older and the latter to people age 16 or older. The bill makes people in these relationships family or household members regardless of their age.
Restraining Order
By law, courts can issue civil restraining orders upon request to protect family violence victims from further violence. Among other things, such orders may include provisions necessary to protect the victim from further threats, harassment, injury, or intimidation from the defendant. Under current law, these orders expire six months after issuance unless the court finds that granting the protected person additional time is necessary. Under the bill, these orders expire after one year. The protected person still has the option to request an extension.
Protective Order
By law, protective orders are criminal orders issued after an arrest for a family violence crime. They can include the same provisions as restraining orders. Protective orders generally terminate when the underlying criminal case concludes.
The law requires court clerks to send, within 48 hours of issuance, copies of protective orders or the information they contain to the applicant and law enforcement agency or agencies for the town or towns where the defendant lives and the victim lives or works.
The bill requires clerks, at a victim's request, to send a copy of the order or its contents to any educational institution he or she attends, including a public or private elementary or secondary school; regional vocational technical school; or institute of higher education, including its special police force.
Conditions of Release Criteria
The law requires CSSD to establish written, uniform, weighted criteria for releasing an accused after an arrest. Current criteria are based solely on the premise that the least restrictive condition or conditions of release necessary to ensure the arrestee's appearance in court are the release alternative of choice. The bill modifies this approach by adding that conditions of release must also be sufficient to reasonably ensure that the release will not endanger any other person.
Ineligibility for Pretrial Family Violence Education Program
The bill makes those who have committed family violence crimes that inflicted serious physical injury (i. e. , those that create a substantial risk of death or caused disfigurement, serious health impairment, or serious loss or impairment of any bodily organ) ineligible for the pretrial family violence education program unless they show good cause. They must still meet other eligibility requirements which exclude anyone charged with a (1) class A, B, or C felony or unclassified felony with a possible prison term of more than 10 years or (2) class D felony or unclassified felony with a possible prison term of more than five years, unless the person shows good cause. Thus, the bill's good cause requirement applies to someone charged with a misdemeanor or an unclassified felony punishable by a prison term of five years or less which involved inflicting serious physical injury.
By law, the two-year program serves people charged with, but not convicted of, certain family violence crimes. Courts can allow someone to participate if the person does not have a prior family violence conviction and has not previously participated in the program or accelerated rehabilitation for a family violence crime. Courts must dismiss the charges against those who successfully complete the program.
Court Records Indicating Family Violence Convictions
The law requires courts to include in court files a designation when a person is convicted of certain crimes against a family or household member. The bill adds 11 more crimes to the list of those requiring the "family violence" designation. They are:
1. assault of a pregnant woman-terminating pregnancy,
2. 2nd degree threatening,
3. 1st and 2nd degree reckless endangerment,
4. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree strangulation,
5. aggravated sexual assault of a minor,
6. disorderly conduct, and
7. 1st and 2nd degree harassment.
§ 8 — Reporting Electronic or Telephonic Communications and Prosecuting Violators
The bill permits any recipient of a telephone call or electronic communication that he or she believes constitutes a criminal violation of a (1) protective order, (2) standing criminal protective order, or (3) restraining order to contact the law enforcement agency for the town in which (1) he or she lives or where the victim received the communication or (2) the communication was initiated.
Under the bill, the agency contacted must (1) accept the complaint; (2) prepare a report, giving the complainant a copy; and (3) investigate the incident and any other offenses allegedly committed as a result of the reported violation. If necessary, that agency must coordinate its investigation with other law enforcement agencies, and, at the victim's request, notify the law enforcement agency for the town where he or she lives.
Any defendant charged based on this contact may be arraigned in the geographic area court in the same locations as the appropriate law enforcement agency.
§ 10 — 1st Degree Threatening
The bill creates a new form of 1st degree threatening. A person commits the new crime when he or she commits 2nd degree threatening and uses, or is armed with and threatens the use of, displays, or represents, by words or conduct that he or she possesses, a pistol, revolver, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or other firearm. A person commits 2nd degree threatening when he or she, by physical threat, intentionally (1) places, or attempts to place, another person in imminent risk of serious physical injury, (2) threatens to commit a violent crime with the intent to terrorize another person, or (3) commits such violent crime in disregard of the risk of terrorizing the victim.
1st degree threatening is a class D felony, punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, a fine of $ 5,000, or both.
The bill specifies that anyone can be charged with, but not found guilty of, this form of 1st degree threatening and 2nd degree threatening based on the same transaction.
§ 11 — 1st Degree Stalking
The bill reduces the standards for committing 1st degree stalking. Currently, a person commits this crime when he or she commits 2nd degree stalking (i. e. , willfully and repeatedly follows or lies in wait for another with the intent to cause the victim to fear for his or her safety and the victim reasonably does so). Under existing law, the crime is elevated to 1st degree stalking when the perpetrator has a prior 2nd degree stalking conviction. Under the bill, a prior conviction for 3rd degree stalking is sufficient to elevate the crime to 1st degree stalking.
1st degree stalking is a class D felony.
§ 13 — Disclosure Of Nonconviction Information
In general, the law prohibits criminal justice agencies from disclosing nonconviction information to anyone other than the subject of the information and his or her attorney. They may also disclose it for limited purposes such as research and, by agreement, for the administration of criminal justice. By law, such agreements must specify:
1. the information to be disclosed,
2. who will have access to it,
3. the purpose for which it will be used,
4. precautions the recipient will take to ensure its confidentiality, and
5. sanctions for improper disclosure or use.
If the Judicial Branch and advocates for victims of family violence execute such agreements, the bill permits the branch to disclose nonconviction information that they need to develop safety plans for family violence crime victims and their minor children. It prohibits the advocates from disclosing this information to others, including victims of family violence.
§ 16 — Office of Victim Services' Restitution
The law permits the Office of Victim Services or a supervising victim compensation commissioner to order restitution for qualified crime victims. Restitution includes medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social and rehabilitative services.
Current eligibility rules restrict these services to victims of (1) child abuse and their families, (2) sexual assault and their families, (3) victims of domestic abuse and their families, and (4) specified family members of homicide victims. The bill authorizes the office to provide these services to children who have witnessed family violence whether or not they are related to the victim.
Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to develop, in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Division, and implement specific operational guidelines for arrest policies in family violence matters. Beginning October 1, 2012, the bill requires the guidelines to, at a minimum, meet the model standards the bill establishes.
The bill establishes two statewide model law enforcement policies on family violence. The first consists of the model policy the Task Force on Law Enforcement's Response to Family Violence submitted to the Judiciary Committee on January 30, 2012. The second one, which is effective on and after October 1, 2012, must be established by the Family Violence Model Policy Governing Council (see below). The legal effect of the first policy is unclear because it is obsolete by the date the bill takes effect.
Beginning July 1, 2013, the bill requires each law enforcement agency to submit an annual report to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), in such form as the commissioner requires, concerning the agency's compliance with the model policies on domestic violence.
The bill establishes a 16-member Family Violence Model Policy Governing Council and charges it with:
1. evaluating policies and procedures law enforcement agencies use when responding to family violence incidents and violations of restraining and protective orders,
2. reviewing and updating the statewide model law enforcement policy on family violence described above, and
3. evaluating the accuracy of data collected by DESPP and CSSD.
Members and Administrative Procedures
Under the bill, council members are:
1. one person appointed by each legislative majority and minority leader and the governor;
2. a representative of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council with experience in domestic violence training, appointed by the council's chairperson;
3. a representative of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, appointed by the chief state's attorney;
4. a representative of the Office of the Chief Public Defender, appointed by the chief public defender;
5. a representative of the Office of the Victim Advocate, appointed by the victim advocate;
6. a representative of the State Police with experience in domestic violence training, appointed by the DESPP commissioner;
7. a Superior Court judge assigned to hear criminal matters, appointed by the chief court administrator;
8. a domestic violence victim, victim advocate with courtroom experience in domestic violence matters, and representative of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. , (CCADV) each appointed by the CCADV executive director;
9. a representative of state legal aid programs, appointed by the executive director of the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut; and
10. a representative of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, appointed by the association president.
Legislative leaders may designate other legislators to serve on the council.
Members must be appointed by July 1, 2012. Each serves a four-year term and may be reappointed or continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified. The respective appointing authorities fill vacancies.
Council members must choose two members to serve as co-chairpersons. These officials must schedule the first meeting, which must be held no later than 60 days after the bill's passage. The bill requires the Judiciary Committee's administrative staff to serve as the council's administrative staff.
The bill requires the council to submit a report to the Judiciary Committee by January 15, 2013, and annually thereafter. It must contain information about the effectiveness of the model law enforcement policy on family violence.
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Troopers say Roberts told them he fell asleep before running off the road on Aug. 3, hitting two workers and a parked dump truck on the northbound shoulder of state highway N.C. 60 west of Murphy.
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A large farming business in the rice growing region of Northern California included the operation of a grain dryer that augered rice to the top of a large machine before dropping it through long, wide, thin-screened columns heated by hot air. The dried rice was then augered out to a silo for storage. The flow rate of the rice was metered by a long, small-diameter "paddle wheel" at the bottom of the dryer. Occasionally the rice would jam in the dryer bays. To break it free, operators entered a small space through a door out of sight of the control room and inserted a hook-like device into the bottom through the metering slot while the paddle wheel and augers continued to turn. Operators also sampled the rice for dryness by lifting the auger's cover plates and dipping a paper cup into the channel.
One day a young worker who had attempted the loosening procedure was found unconscious with his hand drawn up into the paddle wheel and the other arm drawn into the open auger at floor level. The starters for the 1-hp motors associated with the paddle wheel and auger had tripped out on overload. As a result of his injuries, the worker lost the use of both arms. His employer's workman's compensation insurance, maintained by the farm, covered medical bills and provided a small disability pension as provided by law. However, his attorney wanted him to receive a more generous compensation for his life-affecting injuries and brought suit against the grain dryer manufacturer and the installing electrical contractor, both of which had liability insurance.
The worker's attorney asked me to testify to the installation's controls compliance with the NEC, the manufacturer's design of the controls, and the electrical contractor's installation of those controls.
Several operational issues arose during the investigation. Why was the machine running during the unclogging process? What training did the operators have regarding safety during troubleshooting of the process? Was there any way to turn off the machine to prevent such an accident? Would a safety disconnect switch have made a difference?
The motor control center (MCC) and its controls were located in a room that was out of sight of the dryer operations, partially to prevent rice dust from accumulating in the equipment. The motors and their disconnects were also located outside of the space. Although common sense would dictate that the machinery should be turned off while the paddle wheel were unclogged, the operator convincingly testified that workers couldn't effectively clear the rice jams unless it was running. This suggested that proper guarding of moving parts and an emergency shutdown "trip wire" were essential design considerations that couldn't be controlled by a safety power disconnect switch. Such trip wires were found to be common along auger and belt conveyors in the grain handling industry.
According to 430.102(B) of the NEC, safety disconnects for use during mechanical repair should be located in sight of the motor location and the driven machinery location at the bottom of the dryer. In this case one should have been located in the small enclosed access space. Such disconnects are often supplied by the manufacturer, not the electrical contractor. If a manufacturer fails to supply the disconnects, no one would argue that the electrical contractor is responsible for providing them. The more nebulous question is, Who is responsible for providing and locating the emergency shutdown "trip wire" and the control switches not specifically required by the NEC? The electrical contractor should be capable of designing systems that provide the power to machines in concert with the NEC. But should the contractor be expected to add controls to a complex machine that might interfere with the already researched and engineered implementation of that machine's design? Can the contractor assume that a machine has been researched and engineered for safety?
Clogging is a common problem in the grain dryer industry, but the "hay hook" clearing device used during operation was potentially hazardous. Additionally, the lack of a disconnect was a clear Code violation that implicated each defendant for liability. But which party was responsible for any "panic" shutdown controls? This would determine what percentage of the claim each party would pay. At first analysis this would seem the responsibility of the designer/manufacturer. Oddly, investigation revealed that it was the electrical contractor who had manufactured and provided the clog clearing tool and training for its use. Why would an electrical contractor do that?
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What Type of Nuts Are Grown on Farms?
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Objective: SWBAT ask and answer questions about key details in an informational text.
Big Idea: Trees grow a variety of crops, including nuts. As we learn about nut farms, my students are building their background knowledge, which will complement their understanding of the setting in our companion unit on Charlotte's Web.
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This week I am spending much time building content knowledge about farms with my students, which will help them gain a deeper understanding of Charlotte's Web, which we are reading as well (see my curriculum for lessons), because they will understand the setting better. Integrating technology is an important component of teaching in today's world, and one way that I am integrating technology in this unit is by sharing short videos. The video they will be watching today is about nuts and how they are grown and picked. What makes watching these videos such a powerful experience is that the students get an opportunity to hear a different voice as a teacher. This makes it fun for them. Also, the text dependent questions I have created keeps the learning interactive and focuses on the key details in the text.
I begin the lesson by asking them what they know about nuts. Then, I proceed to ask them what questions they have. Next, I will ask them to evaluate the type of questions they are asking to help them deepen their thinking.
Afterwards, we move on to watching the video with text dependent questions to answer.
Next, students get an opportunity to read an informational text independently, as well as write about what they learned about nuts.
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On the rug, I start by sharing the student friendly objective with the students, "I can ask and answer questions about nuts." Then, I engage the students in a think-pair-share task, where they ask each other, "What do you know about nuts?" I will have a few share out loud before proceeding with the next question, "What questions do you have about nuts?" I transcribe their first responses on a CircleMap, while I make a list of the Questions on a chart for the students to evaluate. I am having the students reflect on whether any questions can be combined, and, in this way, I am drawing their attention to the quality of questions while helping them pay attention to each other so that they are not repeating each other's questions. Listening is an integral part of the learning process.
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To build their content knowledge, I am having the students watch a video on nuts. As they watch I am having them answer text dependent questions on the template: Farm to Market- Nuts. I will pause when needed and give them support with spelling as needed too. In previous lessons, I have taught my students how to take notes. Basically, I have taught them that note taking includes jotting down key words and phrases that answer questions about the key details. Also, notes may include quick drawings/diagrams. In addition to building content knowledge, this task asks my students to listen. The listening is hard work and students need much practice with it.
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Now students will spend time reading independently and answer more text dependent questions about california grows-second part. This article is part of their anthology (you can use any informational text on the topic that you feel is appropriate for your students). This second part is about the nuts that are grown in California and their importance to the rest of the world. I am integrating the social studies standards by having them read this informational text.
While most students work at their tables reading about various nuts in California, I work with a small group of students on the carpet. Two students need reading support, while the others need close proximity to the teacher so that they can be focused on the task.
Also, the students on the rug need direction about how to answer the questions. They need support in understanding that the question has key words they need to find in the text. They need support with understanding how to glean information from the text features too.
Students sometimes struggle with answering text dependent questions because these questions ask them to find specific information and to do that, students must often reread, which they assume they don't need to do, or they lack the stamina because of their lack of literacy experiences. Thus, my students benefit much from this type of practice.
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Monkey Mcdermott
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:58 am
Post subject: Old drama, or "Why dragonwriter gets abused for newbs
Yeah I see you....fuck off, no one wants you here.
Fuck i have had entirely too much caffeine today.
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dearest dragonwriter, or the tone-perfect troll who assumed his name in order to post warmed-over neoliberal castle doctrine wankery,
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Mr Gary
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:22 pm
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wb man. Forget these guys. Ridiculation is too strong a word for them.
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Someone needs to give me a link of the thread on where all this has taken place or give me an update because I'm unnaturally curious to what happened.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:28 am
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Search for the other threads where dragonwriter turned up recently, they have most of the main points. Take-away message, dragonwriter is a piece of shit.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:13 am
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dude has never even fuckin written no dragons, that's fuckin
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:32 am
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dragonwriter needs to get a postgraduate degree in grease fires, re: putting them out with his fucking face
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"Mr. Dragon was a dragon, who did all those dragon things and shit like breathe fire at wizards and fly around on his dragon wings, probably sleeps in a mountain cave or some bullshit, I don't know what the fuck do you want from me you think I am some kind of drakeopologist or something. One day Mr. Dragon fucking got in some deep fucking shit cause he got into some shit with a fucking unicorn named Shinemellow, people were all talking about that motherfucking like beef moment, some of Mr. Dragon's friends came by and told him it was a real good time to take a vacation but quick, and that's how Mr. Dragon ended up off in Tulsa dealing some shitty-ass charlie and getting some Puerto Rican girl pregnant."
There, now i'm a better dragonwriter than "dragonwriter" ever was, and I didn't even have to fuck my sister
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:48 am
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He wrote
some shitty thread
about dragons... I spent about as long as I was willing (less than a minute) trying to find the original thread, but apparently "molest sister" isn't the right keyword search.
Anyway, Yinello, about 8 years ago DW told everyone that he'd molested three minor girls, including his sister. Later, he told us about some emotional problems his sister was having, and I think he even used pejoratives like "slut," but that might have just been implied. He then claimed that because he'd accepted the consequences of his actions (which didn't include being charged with a crime, presumably because he was never reported to police) he wasn't responsible for her actions. It was all her fault that she was a slut, and he washed his hands of any responsibility... even though anyone who knows anything about childhood sexual assault (or has two brain cells to rub together) knows that the effects of both the assault and the betrayal can have lifelong effects. But DW had forgiven himself, and that was all the mattered.
This was followed by variously making random threads asking people to tell him what we thought of him or asking people to let it go, frequently saying he needed to find something good in awful people like us who could be so cruel to others (the irony was lost on him). He once claimed Dennis was prank calling him from Australia, and posted ridiculous shit
like this
Dragonwriter wrote:
Firstly, don't
call me a liar. Nothing in this world will piss me off quicker than someone just assuming so easily that I'm bullshitting. I take it as a policy in life never to lie if I can help it. It's a lot of trouble for very little gain, doesn't make any sense, and in the end is basically immoral. So I say again:
call me a liar. This is not a plea for sympathy. I know better than that. People like you wouldn't know what sympathy was if it bit you in the ass, so why should I stoop to lying to try and garner sympathy from someone who doesn't even understand the concept?
*sigh* Sometimes I wonder why I even try. I mean, no matter what I do, not matter how much I open up, and no matter how heartfelt my words are, it seems like the people of this forum will never believe me. It's like the spark of kindness and forgiveness that I have forever admired has fled from humanity, and sometimes I wonder why I even bother sticking around here.
Of course after reading over what I just wrote, I remember why... Because I have to have faith that somewhere in this slime-ridden hellhole is an actual admirable person. I have to believe that somewhere in the middle of all this refuse is a diamond that can prove that my faith in humanity is not misplaced. Just one... and I can go to sleep at night with the knowledge that there is something worth saving left in humanity, and that if a meteor struck the earth right now or the nuclear winter came that there would be something worth getting sad about when everyone was dead. Or better yet, that somehow the best parts of humanity that I'm certain are somewhere in here would come together to overcome such a disaster...
I'll tell you what: I'll make you a deal right now. Prove to me that somewhere inside you and Dennis are the seeds of kindness, empathy, and self-sacrifice that I have looked for for so long here at Sinfest and I'll stay out of your way from now on. Prove to me that there is something else to you besides someone who spits flames at me, something in there somewhere that is worth truly admiring, and I'll never bother you again.
Sorry it lacks original citations... I think the original thread was deleted... or you need to be willing to read more of his self-entitled bullshit to find it than I can stand.
"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. Ill do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." -
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"Prove to me that there is something else to you besides
someone who spits flames at me
from dragonwriter!
he wants to look past that! to see deeper! deeper than "someone who spits flames"
from dragonwriter!
whose deepest essence is that - more than anything - he writes! but not crosswords, not letters to agony aunts oh no, he writes like... A DRAGON!
oh god
I can't believe this guy
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I take it back his dragonprose apparently does exist and is leagues better than mine.
Fuck, just when I think I have a niche in life.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:21 pm
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here's some of dragonwriter's moral code
Have tolerance for those whose beliefs are different from yours. If they choose to put their faith in something different from what you do, that is their choice. It does not somehow require you to be at odds with them. This includes not just other religions, but bi- and homo-sexuals as well. (I have several good friends who are, and we get along just fine despite our differing beliefs)
There IS a point at which the only acceptable response to someone's words is a punch. Mainly when they deliberately and knowingly say something specifically designed to hurt you to the very core of your existence. In such cases, aim said punch at the shoulder or some other body part that takes impact well.
Cool homo-sexuality is a choice thank you for being all upright about getting along just fine with them despite your choice.
He then goes on immediately to conveniently clarify that "the point at which the only acceptable response for someone's words is a punch" (which is the height of all contrived self-justifying bullshit for someone who can't help but resort to violence in response to words) must be applied equally to women cause:
Women are not to be respected just because they were born with a vagina. They are to be respected based on their own individual worth. Refusing to hit a woman merely because she is a woman is sexist.
and then (you will like this)
Never complain. Complaining robs you of your power of choice. It turns you into an object that can't do anything to affect it's fate. By complaining, you dehumanize yourself. Instead, realize that whether you like it or not, you are *choosing* to put up with the situation you are in, because if you really wanted to you could do something about it (no matter how small).
interesting advice there
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Dennis J. Squidbunny wrote:
dogen's first link!
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Dennis J. Squidbunny
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:47 pm
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oh, I thought you'd found somewhere new
He doesn't seem to exist, or at least, he doesn't post as Dragonwriter out of the forum.
Now post that time he said he didn't like black people because one time black people beat him up.
Or the time blizzardwolf threatened to kick him in the nuts and DW threatened to call the police!
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Beyond its tiny landing-strip cafe near Saginaw, it has added a second Beacon near Keller that serves the same impressive weekend breakfast buffet and towering burgers.
The first Beacon is known for the Bingham family's cooking and its fun location. Windows overlook the Hicks Field apron, where kids can watch planes and pilots can taxi up for the Beacon's half-pound BLT.
At the second site, in a shopping center on Golden Triangle Boulevard, there aren't any takeoffs, but the new Beacon does have the same weekday menu and weekend buffet. And last weekend, the Beacon buffet, fruit and omelet station compared favorably to those found in many a four-star hotel.
Entrees included an egg-mushroom-chard casserole, migas, béchamel-Parmesan potatoes and baked French toast. Drop biscuits with sausage gravy were some of the region's best.
That's $9.99.
Burgers start at $7.99, and a Japanese Wagyu beef burger is $12.99.
"Nobody wants to pay $15 or $16 — not for a burger," owner Christie Bingham said this week. "We decided nobody out here was doing gourmet breakfast, so that could be our specialty."
Of course, the Beacon already had a burger reputation. They came from Christie's Extreme Burgers and originally, from another airport grill, the Blue Hanger Cafe near Roanoke.
Bingham said they'd considered opening a dinner restaurant, or another Beacon elsewhere, but ultimately, stayed in North Tarrant County.
"We decided to keep close to our roots," she said. "People have been great to us here."
Both Beacons are open Tuesdays through Sundays for breakfast and lunch only. The weekend brunch is served until 2:30 p.m.
The new location is 10760 N. Beach St., at the corner of Golden Triangle; 817-337-3262. The original is at 171 Aviator Drive, 817-439-1041, thebeaconcafe.com.
• Closer to the central city,Barbie's Colonial House Restaurant,
near Meacham Airport, is the destination breakfast buffet.
Its steam-table buffet features traditional breakfast items as well as chicken-fried steak, fried pork chops, eggs with chorizo and even menudo. The price is $7.99.
The 35-year-old plate-lunch cafe serves a busy lunch buffet daily with specialties such as meat loaf and roast pork.
(The breakfast buffet is only on weekends and only until lunch starts at 11 a.m.)
The Colonial House is at 3816 N. Main St.; 817-624-1262, barbiescolonial.com.
• If you're fresh out of Valentine's ideas, remember that bothCafe Modern
and theBuffet Restaurant at the Kimbell Art Museum
are open every Friday night.
The Kimbell buffet serves from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The menu is limited right now given the Piano opening, but the setting is elegant; kimbellart.org/ visit/dining.
Cafe Modern is open from 5 to 8:30 p.m. and might have an early or late table. Call 817-840-2157; themodern.org/cafe.
• One different Valentine's idea:Shaw's Patio Bar & Grill
offers a "Family Valentine's" with a half-price children's menu and some familiar dishes from the former Scampi's for adults, plus balloons and face painting; 1051 W. Magnolia Ave., 817-926-2116,shawspatio.com.


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In the spirit of the season of giving thanks in the United States, members of the Monterey Institute community are sharing expressions of gratitude. We continue our series with a common sighting on the Monterey campus – friends from different continents.
New friends Whitney Hales (MBA/MAIEP '14), who is studying for the joint MBA and International Environmental Policy degree, and Inge Kristensen, an exchange student from Copenhagen Business School (CBS), did not hesitate when asked what they were thankful for. "My family," said Whitney without missing a beat, "and I can't wait to see them for Thanksgiving." Her parents and younger brother Spencer will travel from Louisiana to Dallas, where she and her boyfriend will join them at her older sister Alexandra's house.
Inge Kristensen says her experience here in Monterey this semester has been, in a word "perfect," and adds that she loves "the weather, the people, and the nature." She is thankful for "getting to know so many lovely American people who have been so welcoming to us," speaking of herself and her Danish and Norwegian roommates. "They invite us to everything and we are having the best time." Inge and her friends have decided to "go American" this week and celebrate Thanksgiving with a turkey and possibly even "do the Black Friday thing."
Both Whitney and Inge share a passion for sustainable business and are looking forward to building on the connections they are forming in graduate school at the Monterey Institute in their future careers.
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1. Roosevelt Island eyed for new hi-tech Cornell & Stanford campus
Cornell and Stanford universities are looking for an area to create their new applied sciences and engineering campus. Officials for both Cornell and Stanford universities said they favored Roosevelt Island over the other two sites being considered for the new campus (Governors Island and Brooklyn Navy Yard). Read More: Daily News
2. Israeli citizen gets jail in NY tax case
Boris Michaelov, owner and operator of Lefferts Auto Sales in Elmhurst, will spend six months in jail for evading over $2 million in sales taxes. Michaelov agreed to make full restitution and pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted grand larceny. Read More: Wall Street Journal
3. Queens law student to be freed by Egypt
Ilan Grapel, an American law student from Queens who also has Israeli citizenship, was arrested in Egypt in June and charged with spying for Israel. Grapel was arrested in Egypt while working for a non-profit organization helping refugees. Egypt is holding Grapel until another prisoner exchange brokered between Hamas and Israel goes through. Read More: New York Times
4. Fire closes Lenny's Pizzeria in Howard Beach
Flames engulfed a popular pizzeria in Howard Beach early Monday morning. Firefighters in Battalion 39 responded to the one-alarm fire at Lenny's Pizzeria on 164-02 Cross Bay Boulevard before 8 a.m. on October 17. Fire officials reported damages throughout the store and to the front. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, no injuries have been reported. Read More: Queens Courier
5. Taste of Sunnyside 2 event starts today
The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce and Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID) are joining forces to throw the 2nd Annual Taste of Sunnyside! This is the best way to sample all of the neighborhood restaurants at a minimal cost of $25 per person. Taste of Sunnyside 2 will be held at the Sunnyside Community Services ground floor Ballroom, 43-31 39th Street, just off Queens Boulevard. Read More: Taste of Sunnyside


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A car bomb targeting Yemen's defense minister exploded Tuesday outside the office of the prime minister in central Sanaa, missing its target but killing at least seven soldiers and five nearby civilians.
The wreckage of at least four vehicles littered the scene, which blew out a nearby storefront. Paramedics and police officers rushed to gather the remains of those killed in the attack as dazed bystanders attempted to make sense of the bombing, which occurred in what is one of the most secured areas of the Yemeni capital.
Witnesses said the attack occurred as the defense minister's convoy left a Cabinet meeting. While the explosion missed the armored vehicle carrying Maj. Gen. Mohamed Nasser Ahmed, ministry sources said that another vehicle in the convoy was destroyed in the blast.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but suspicion immediately fell on Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a Yemen-based militant group that American officials have labeled as al Qaida's most dangerous offshoot.
Coming less than 24 hours after the Ministry of Defense announced the death of Saed al Shihri, AQAP's second in command, the attack served as a stark reminder of the continuing challenges facing Yemeni security forces despite seeming progress in the battle against local extremists. Shihri, who was reportedly killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike eastern Hadramawt province, was the group's most senior Saudi member and was believed to have played an important role in its operations and fundraising efforts.
Last year, al Qaida-linked militants took advantage of a power vacuum seemingly engendered by the uprising against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, seizing control of swaths of territory in southern Abyan province. But upon taking office, Saleh's successor, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, declared retaking control of the province to be a top priority. Soon after his inauguration the Yemeni military – backed by American intelligence and air support – unleashed a renewed offensive that eventually dislodged the militants from areas they had held for more than a year.
But even as the military gained ground, there was little sign the militants had admitted defeat, continuing to skirmish with Yemeni troops in Abyan while launching a series of attacks in the capital, including a May suicide bombing that left nearly 100 soldiers dead in what also was believed to be an attempt to kill the defense minister.
A key leader of the offensive in Abyan, Ahmed has been the target of at least four assassination attempts since Yemen's current cabinet was formed in December.
After the attack, Hadi announced the replacement of a number of officials, including Ali al Ansi, who'd headed Yemen's National Security Agency since it was established in 2002. Analysts said the reshuffling, one of Hadi's most significant since taking office, was an affirmation of his commitment to making a break with his predecessor. But they added that the attack on the defense minister indicated that re-establishing security remains one of the president's most important tasks.
"The Yemeni government lacks control over parts of the country, and security in Yemen is rather porous even in the capital itself," said Gregory Johnsen, author of "The Last Refuge," a forthcoming book on Yemen and AQAP. "As long as this situation continues, we'll continue to see attacks like today's – regardless of who actually carried it out."


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A McMinnville teen hid in a closet at home while three suspects burglarized the Northeast Hembree Street residence last Thursday night, Feb. 28, police reported.
Capt. Matt Scales of the McMinnville police said a search of the area for the trio, described as Latino male teenagers, was unsuccessful. He gave this account:
Dennis Ng, 19, was home alone. He heard a knock on a door and a window and did not answer either time. When he determined the suspects had gained entry to the house, he decided to hide in a bedroom closet.
"He heard them going through the house and rummaging around," Scales said. "One of the suspects even opened that closet door, but for whatever reason did not see him (Ng). He said the suspect was wearing latex gloves."
A group of individuals, described by Scales as family members and friends of Ng, then arrived at the home in a vehicle. About that time, the three suspects were seen fleeing from the home on foot. The only thing they stole were computer speakers, and those were discarded and located nearby.
It's believed the suspects broke a window to gain entry to the home.
Anyone with information about this incident should call McMinnville police at 503-434-7307.


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New EA Strategy 'Essentially' Charges for Demos, Analyst Claims (Updated)
Update: Electronic Arts is indeed examining a "number of projects for delivering premium content to consumers before, during, and after the launch of a packaged-goods version of the game," EA VP Jeff Brown told Kotaku in response to Pachter's comments.
"None of the proposals...call for charging consumers for traditionally free game demos," Brown added. However, keep in mind that Pachter suggested such paid downloads would be longer and/or more full-featured than traditional demos.
Original: As mega-publisher Electronic Arts continues to expand its presence in the paid download arena, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has revealed a new strategy in which EA sells what, in his words, "would essentially be a very long game demo."
As Pachter explained to Gamasutra, "I think that the plan is to release [paid downloadable content] at $15 that has 3-4 hours of gameplay, so [it has] a very high perceived value, then [EA will] take the feedback from the community (press and players) to tweak the follow-on full game that will be released at a normal packaged price point."
He provided an example in the form of the download-only multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1943, writing: "If DICE were able to follow Battlefield 1943 with a full-blown European WWII campaign game a few months later, it would have been a wild success."
He added: "EA's view is that the PDLC costs a lot less to develop (essentially, it's the first few levels of the full-blown game), and they have the opportunity to fix whatever needs to be fixed in the packaged product that is released a few months later, whether that entails doing more of what people like or doing less of what they don't."
Pachter says he learned of the strategy during a recent visit to Electronic Arts, which included presentations from various executives, including CEO John Riccitiello, CFO Eric Brown, and Visceral Games general manager Nick Earl.
According to Pachter, other tidbits to emerge from the presentations included word that Visceral's long-rumored Jack the Ripper game is to be a downloadable on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live and the unsurprising revelation that "EA intends to exploit all of its packaged games with ancillary digital revenue streams."


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HIPAA and Other Regulatory Issues
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (general HIPAA information)
• HHS Guidance on HIPAA for Medical Professionals
Human Resources/Staffing
• Practice Management Resource Guide Chapter 5: Staffing and human resources issues
• Sample job descriptions for allergy office staff
• Physicians Practice: Seven Steps to Being a Better Medical Office Manager. Audrie "Christie" McLaughlin RN, June 21, 2012
• Physicians Practice: 10 HR Issues That Kill Productivity. Shelly Schwartz. April 21, 2011
• Pacific Crest Group: Staffing Your Medical Office to Build a Thriving Practice. Gail Merz 2011
• Monster.com: How to Hire Office Staff for a Medical or Dental Practice. John Rossheim
• The Journal Of Medical Practice Management
• Reed Tinsely CPA: Forms and Checklists (for startup and management of a medical office)
Insurance Contracting/Negotiation
• ACP Guide to dealing with commercial insurances
• Physician's Money Digest: Negotiating Contracts with Insurance Companies. Roger Fontes MD, August 17, 2013
• Physician's Practice: Negotiating Medical Practice Payer Contracts to your Advantage. Melody Irvine, CPC January 16, 2013
• Reckenen.com: Healthcare: How to Negotiate Insurance Contracts
• AAFP. Contract Negotiations: 5 Elements to Consider
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• Web tools for clinical practice
• Physician's Practice: Patient Flow Primer-Get on Track and On Time. Shelly Schwartz. August 3, 2011
• Physician's Practice: Managing Patient Flow: Keep the Lines of Communication Open. Owen Dahl. April 25, 2012
• About.com Medical Office: Part 1: Patient Flow-Identify Opportunities for Improvement. Joy Hicks
• Dermatology Times: Office Workflow Improvements Benefit Patients, Staff, Physicians. Elizabeth Woodcock MBA, CPC, FACMPE. July 1, 2011
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But, since copyright can be expensive to enforce, and difficult to understand, much of the self-policing is done by threats and demands. After all, who has the funds to pay for a top notch team of copyright legal experts? A threat to sue is usually enough to cause the common blogger or site owner to give in, even if that person has the legal right to copy.
In the first recent incident, the mega genealogy site owner Cyndi Howells sued the mega genealogy site owner Barry Ewell for allegedly incorporating her database/information/site into his own online database/site/search function. Copyright is so complicated (and I am an attorney who has advised historical societies on copyright) and computer technology is so intricate, I am probably stating the issue too simplistically and with errors. Think how complicated those issues are, if simply stating them is filled with potential inaccuracies! The only opinion that I will offer today is that Ms. Howells is going to be surprised at just how much information and data people can legally take from her web site, if current judicial precedent is followed by the court. Mr. Ewell is going to be surprised, and probably is so already, at how quickly and drastically whipped up emotion in the genealogy world can affect the situation. I have no prediction what the court will decide in what is, currently, a rather gray area of the law.
In the second instance, the newspaper industry group the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI), announced that its licensing arm would impose expensive fees for linking online to any of its members' articles. That is correct--not copying, but LINKING to a newspaper! For unlicensed links, the penalties would be very expensive indeed. This policy makes the NNI into its own legislature, judge, and jury on copyright issues. I am not trained in Irish law, but any attorney around the world would smell a ripe legal issue here.
However, since the NNI bullying is less expensive than a legal battle, but more effective, I immediately removed any links in my posts that could cause the NNI to notice Deb writing in her little apartment in Toronto. I did so with a heavy heart, since most of those links led to fascinating articles in the Irish Times by John Grenham. The Irish Times has since announced that we can all link to their articles without fear of fee or penalty, but I am watching the situation before restoring the links. (Sorry, Mr. Grenham. I had a whole post on your columns waiting to be posted.).


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I can haz buttsecks?
Still...no teeth.
I am not claiming I am right, I am saying I don't get it.
BP is smiling because he knows what's coming.
Who is this?
Bear Grylls, an ex-British special forces dude who had a survival show on Discovery Channel, Man vs. Wild. When he'd get in a tight spot in some of the Earth's more drier environs, he'd always end up drinkin' his own piss.
Or squeezing the liquid fiber out of dried up elephant dung, yeah.
He used the fuel line off his Evinrude.
Resonance...metal folding chairs or hard tile floors cannot be beaten when it comes to firing off a loud fart.


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